
The Francesco Badocchi column that I wanted to write
I wanted to write this particular Francesco Badocchi column, which is to also say, I really didn’t want to write the other one.

I wanted to write this particular Francesco Badocchi column, which is to also say, I really didn’t want to write the other one.

My former colleague Patrick Hite, the sports editor at The News Leader, has an excellent column up today about Valley League baseball that is definitely worth a read.

UVA Basketball coach Tony Bennett and players De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy talk with reporters after the ‘Hoos defeated Texas Tech, 85-77, to win the 2019 national championship.

#TeamAFP – Chris Graham and Zach Pereles – are at U.S. Bank Arena in Minneapolis today for the 2019 NCAA national championship game as UVA (34-3) faces Texas Tech (31-6).

This is kind of sad. My last UVA Basketball game preview of the 2018-2019 season. What’s not sad: I didn’t know that any of my previous last UVA basketball game previews of any particular season was what it turned out to be.

MINNEAPOLIS — Some teams like to run and make it near impossible for opponents to keep up. Other teams like to slow it down — and make it near impossible for opponents to keep up.

MINNEAPOLIS — Mamadi Diakite doesn’t like jumping into murky water. If he can’t see the bottom, he doesn’t want to go in. It’s a reasonable apprehension. As he said Friday with a smile coming to his face, he doesn’t want to be “surprised.”

Virginia coach Tony Bennett and players Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy talk with reporters ahead of the national-title game Monday against Texas Tech.

Texas Tech coach Chris Beard and players Norense Odiase and Jarrett Culver preview the national title game against Virginia.

MINNEAPOLIS — For the right individuals, Tony Bennett is a players’ coach. He starred in college and spent time in the NBA. The son of a college coach, he knows the trials and tribulations of the coaching profession — not the least of which is dealing with his players.